How to Rename a Modern SharePoint Site URL in Office 365

Originally published at https://blogit.create.pt on September 23, 2019.

This posts explains how to rename a Modern SharePoint site URL in Office 365.

Introduction

Site URL Rename has been one of the most popular requests via UserVoice and in SharePoint Conference 2019, in one my favorite announcements of the event, Microsoft finally announced the possibilty to rename a Site URL.

How It Works

Renaming a site can be done either using the SharePoint Admin Center or using a PowerShell script.

Important: This feature is currently on Preview (you can test it if your tenant is part of the Admin Center Preview) and should be available soon! You have to be a SharePoint Administrator to be able to rename a Site URL.

Using the SharePoint Admin Center

The easiest way to rename a site URL is using the SharePoint Admin Center. Select “Active Sites”, then the site you want to rename and click “Edit”.

A popup will appear and the only thing you have to do is to write the new URL and ensure that the new URL is not being used.7

To read the entire article, click here.

Happy SharePointing!

Originally published at https://blogit.create.pt on September 23, 2019.